The Sun. — London, England, 1826-02-23 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEL 22. A person from Chelsea Hospital presented an account of the Unclaimed Arrears of Awry Prire-rnoney ; and another, from the Carnatic Commissioners, presented the 22d Report o f those Commissioners, and - the 2d of the Tanjore. Petitions fer the Abolition of Slavery were presented by the Alarquis of Art,EsnuttY, from Marlborough, m Wiltshire ; ley Earlor. tt , from Wellingborough, in 'Northamptonshire ; antiliy the Earl of - lIAL ItOwnv, from the county of . Lei cester. In this last petition, the Noble Earl ob served that rt wat4 signed:by the Sheriff,- in the name of a very .respectable meeting ; but, 'upon inquiry, he found that such a signature was wt-sufficient to enable him to present it as the. petition of the whole meeting. The ttstiettibly !Weft iieveed it, tie pptition not being a corporate body, it (mold onty be nceived froat, the intlivi , lnal who had sigoeti HOUSE OF COMMONS • . Papers Prot o Chilica Hospital were brought lip, as was also a report. frooi the Carnatic wire ordered to 1.)0 piinted. AIM:WA:TB HARBOUR. 41:1 the motion or' Sir ki. EN.vrcttou r.t., leave wag given to bring in Mil tier the establishment of a Joint Smelt Cott. parry .for,eltiansing and . repairing the. Eirirboiir of Margate; and .also for paving, lighting, and improving Margate town. ;LONDON Mr. Alderman W 001) brought up the report of the lon. don ilridge Bill Committee. It stated that the standing orders had not been complical with. TRADE. Mr. IitACKBIJRNE presented a petition from the silk. throwsters of Manchester and its neighbourhood, and another from the weavers of the same town, against the importation of foreign ' Mr. DICKINSON' presented a similar petition from MIL bourne. A similar petition from several silk-throwsters in Somerset. shire was presented by Sit T. LEI hiIIDGE. '•••NEtiRO 4 •BI4AVERY. _ Petitions for Lhoab,)iitioniCf neiroslavery in our colonien, Were pteseattd by Mr. DENISON ' from Dorking, and by Lord LOWTICEIt, from Penrith. ‘STI.I)Ot' PENSIONS. _ _ Sir F. OMMANEY moved for a return of the number of persons who" had applied at the Admiralty, or Treasury, to be placed. on the Writlows' Pension List, as the widows of as angina-surgeons from 1803,t0 1025: After a kw words from the Speaker, br. Phillimore, and Sir Ornmaney, the lion. Member agreed to defer the motion until it should be ascertained whether Ministers were likely to resent to the production of these Iteturos After some of the Ministers had taken their places, the mo tion:vitt mane' anti agreed to. • SSIA LL NOTES BILL. Mr. CALCRAiirkgaWnotice,ihtit on the bringing up of the report of the Small Noteralill, he would move that the exten sion of the time now proposed to be granted to the Bank of England for i4lsning It. and , 21. notes, should also be allowed to the country Imnks.--,(1-lear, hear wished also to im press on the !louse the necessity of issuing commercial Exche quer Billsut the present period'; but whether that object were accomplished by .a . ,seperate clause in this Bill or otherwise, he was not prepared to sato. Mr, BANK ES presented ai petition from Stockbridge, against the importation , of foreign silk,. TORACcO TRADE.. INERT presented a petition from the dealers in ant.FManufacturers of Tobacco . and Snuff in London, West- ' minster, and Southwark, praying thr a'reduction of the duties on those articles for the purpose of chucking (licit trade. Mr.' MINNEVr said that last year several petitions were laid on the table. of the Rouse, praying for a reduction of the duties on , ,tchaeco, by which, at was Then stated, the consump tion and the revenue would be considerably increased. The re., tarns that lead sines been laid b'efore the House had proved the correctness of that statement. lie would wish to learn from the Chtvccllor of the Exchequer whether the dealers in tobacco were called upon this yearfor the Is. duty proposed to be re. etuced last year? :After aitow words from Mr. Alderman Tit omPSON, which were not heard in the gallery, . . Sir It. FEttt;USSON said, it would hi; coat satisfactory to the dealers in those articles to knew what were the Intenttona .of his Majesty's Ai Misters on the subject The CHA NCELLOR of the EXAM EglifOt repeated what he had said in answer' fn . similar question on a former evening—that it would be better note' n , go now into any partial details on particular branchos of the revenue. Ile would.there. fore reServeliimielf until lie 'brought the whole bubject of the duties nhilei the consideration Of the House. The pc tition was then brought tip, and ordered to be printed. I):IAV;' , 3ON brought up a Belot t relating to pAroehial education; in Seothir,cl. Colonel CAVE:NO/1811 presenteti . tt potition from Derby, praying tor the abolition of negro slay . Into VIIST held iu hiS hand a petition front ccster, the lutpOrtatitil of French gloves, but ? on his tootle being ce : lled . hy the Si v.. iit, . he begged to decline pre tienting it, in 11.-0...ce to tlic p ~ ,, . .onerm, in the then thin tstato itt tta;: - 11.ouse', On the motion of ,Alr. ; iti , c leave was given to bring in a Bill to au, i iiti, the dimpoNal, by tole or otlicrwisC, of unacc:•;,:iary pti I ;uol Wales. Alt. C. Ai' YNN ovm.:,. pursuant folds notice, for leave to brin;.. :o al lidl to and reform the regulations of law notv iA ey. tvi:b r.l,peet to the colistitiition of Juries in 'obit. It ( a.c II I:only!) that inatty l advantages had been imparted to tilt: ::,.tiler,, frOM tibia to tiFROS, b 0 ON to place them on the upart,t !noting of c.tluulity with . 4rltliih born sabets. Jonsy had existed :with reNiteet to intro ducing the natl+,,:s generally on )uric;~. According, there fore, to the prd , :tice, pormoos so, iioalified were but few in number i.i eOmparkon, nntl those principally ,liuropeans. A great iitioilo:r of ilk: i.wq disprJcsl and inimt resetttable part 01' ttk, popabi,(l6l l or wati stilt ex,rbitic , a, l ie Meant tlioSe who drcw p4reiltugc Of Natives and Ettropelnis, 11a1f Another considerable' proportion of Li, poptiation etiosisted of the illegitimate classes of society in India. it wan llot flow to are* any in vittions tiktinction,ltetweeo onY chi...A to eligibility to an t as Jurors in the But its it general re medy flir the . gtievat,ett "1' beielg t:',(•lttclt.tl frcai Juries OR BUY pretest, it ityati, bib intontioti by the hill he Was about to intmluce„tlutt evury perton of tnis ixed population, pro-, vide& they werd geed and sufficient Well in other respacts, should be eligible to NL-tiie as`a Juror who was a Christian. Ile hatild for. thel)Tet eat. CkAlk:1)1. fiirh. ,11 with iiloving for leave to bring in , a fill (ti..-' tlctallsof which be would in due time sithintitO the lionse), fcsr altering anti artiettding the constitu tion of Juries in India, and. the qualification of Jurors itt Our lis%t Indian postiession.7t-(tiear !), Leave wttagiveis to bring in (he Bill. Mr. CALcit,trr its the abienee of his Right ilon.Priend (Sir J. Newport) postponed his nuttko Irish affairs to the 7th of Ilarch. Ile then bcg,ged to allude to an expression which had been attributod to him in the debate of a former relatiVe to the fact of some who were officers on the half pay of the Navy, having enttred,into thou Church and being al lowed contrary to law, toal the tenor or their own affidavits, to draw their half-pay. Ile now had it in his power to assure the !louse, that the feet. though controverted, was as he bad stated. Mr.' DOWILAS denied the fact to be as stated, and said he Should be glad to . come to issue with the Hon. Member on the subjoct, Mr. CA I,CRA FT said, he would undertake to prove it be fore tia: Iloard . of Admiralty if required to do so. Mr. DonotAs explained. liaonnLx brought up the Report of the ExelteqUer Bills' rill, which was agreed to. Alse the Report of the West India tAcrgy Bill; which was also agreed to. The Apnual Indemnity Bill, was read a third time and proSed, - 1013TH AMERICAN Ta.NATY. Th e t triter of the Day , for the Second Reeding of the South Anierin Treaty Bill being reed, m r . ROBERTSON begged the attention of the flouse to condu , t of He INlejesty*fi Government with respect to the it of the cmpire. They lied sacrificed iti t„nfly loiteh to a dangeroutt delusion, tuvrely that of violet r the - N ,, iiigatio II Laws tV hiCh hitherto protected our eariying all over Ow ivorhi, in order to found on it the new 3yo ree 7,alations of Commerce bud not only = • • , trade but to the ports of un olti , • • • rtv . intriSUCtiOns, the uutch. They, .:; which affected their interests with , • • sooner perceived that Englund Foreign Salt, than they repealed the • n favour of Brittsh Commerce. • Buenos Ayres, our Ministers bud • fon.“.gn to the constitution of ‘ i' ; " • ! " erm , itted the import of goods of . ,ly of that but other States. Simi .; been entered into between I " . • f Colombia, which must open strangers es it was notoriously the fact, that the rights of citizenship would be acquired in Colom- i bia by a week's residence. Ile would have been much better satisfied had he had an opportunity of making these statements in the presence of the Right Honourable the President of the Board of Trade, but even in his absence he felthimself bound to make them. ~ Sir ROBERT H. INGLIS rose not to follow the Ilen.Gen tleman (the Member for Grampound) in his observations on the commercial points on the Colombian Treaty, which alone, as:he was willing to admit, were formally and technically before the House, and as little to object to that treaty :generally, but to take this opportunity of calling to the attention of the House one article in it which to hint appeared to involve interests far higher than, those of any commerce, and to commit the chit reeler of the country and the cause of religion. The article to which he referred was the 12th, which stipulates that the Colombians, reeitient in England, shall be entitled to ex ercise their worship in public and in private with most full and ample toleration ; while it stipulates that the English, resident in Colombia, shall be permitted to exercise their religion In their own houses only. In reference to the first point, he, as an Englishman, felt almost degraded that at this day toleration should be granted to a Colombian arriving here ; as if it were a new boon ; as if it were in the power lir the negociators to give it, or to withhold it ; as it' it were not almost a chemical ingredient in the air of England. But Mint is the reciprocal advantage obtained by England ? The reci procity, as was said In the American war, Is all on one side t the English residents in Colombia are permitted to worship God in their own houses. Every other article in the Treaty gives some benefit to one party, and some corresponding be nefit to the other. " Grove nods at grove, each alley has its brother." But here there is a most lame and impotent conclusion ; the Colombian is to enjoy, as be ought, the fullest and freest excx else of his religion here, at free as any other Roman Catholic ; the Englishman is to have the free exercise of his religion in hieownimuse. The truth is, that the Colombian Government, has mocked me as the English negociators mocked them. Both have granted what they could not withhold. It it he said that there was a law in Colombia preventing any assemblage in private houses for religious purposes, and therefore that some, thing was gained as to that point by this Treaty, he denied the fact ; because by the Constitution of that State, there is no pro vision made for the exclusion of any one religion. If' it be said that though there is no such law, yet that in practice Eng lish merchants have been disturbed in assembling at each other's houses, he denied the fact as to Colombia, and doubted it as to any Wirer part of Spanish America. So much for what hits been done; tot to what might have been done, he would con sider first the circumstances of the state of Colombia itself, and then the precedent of Buenos Ayres. There were many cir cumstances of the state of Colombia peculiarly favourable as it appeared to the admission of religions toleration. In the first place there was the silence of the Constitution as to any exclu sive religion in the State ; in the next, there was the personal.' character of the great man who founded and who defends that Constitutions; who, high as he is in talents and servicee end Ms , interested virtue, is not less high in the estimation of Europe and America for his liberal and enlightened support of every good object. lie begun his career by the abolition of slavery ; and set the example by the emancipation of his own slaves ; lie has now been encouraging univeral education. In the third place, the character of those who administer the flovernment an his absence, is equally favourable to liberal views. The House will recollect that this Treaty is signed at Bogota on the 111th of last April ; one of the Plenipotentiaries being Don Pedro °eel, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. On the 4th of that same April, there was satisfaction in the same city, a Bible Society, under the Presidency of the same Secre tory of State. The meeting was very numerously attended ; and, though the object was opposed by two very respectable Ecclesiastics, their opposition was overcome, anti the Society was finally established. It is a minor fact, but tint Intim.' portatit, as showing the state of the public mind anti public opinion, that the Secretary of the new Society had been Se cretary to the Inquisition, snd the place of the meetiv of the Society is the former Hell of the Inquisition. This 18 at least proof that the public mind WAS more prepored for libe rality than might have been expected from the results of, this treaty. lie did not blame the talents, the firmness, the zeal of' the Plenipotentiaries; but he thought that he had said enough to prove that something was wanting somewhere to have led to ,hi 3 result. Ile was sure that it was not owing to any defect in the instructions of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whose large and enlightened policy had been so often and nllllOOBO unanitnouely approved in this House. But this was tot :lie had :teen yesterday a Bogota newspaper, expressiusuthetfeel. Inge which the treaty ,of Lngland with Buenos Ayes cited in Colombia:--they regretted, referring to the 'Aeoletation secured by that Treaty, that another State had raYislic4 them the glory of taking precedence in religiooceohnsatiorei, they trust, however, that the example of a State eviehettlrelOorte religion, language, laws, and prejudices with dud Otti, will be followed by thenky an example winch roves to tint unieerlatitat the people of Buenos Ayres, after having gabled eleeirfeeederti know how to make use of it. This, indeed, is pot the leogooge of a State Paper, or of an Act of Congress, it is merely the language of' a newspaper, but a newspaper at Bogota, as at London, must, tiebe eucceeetultspeak the languegetondrepre lent the feelinge of a great body of people. When, therefore, • he considered these favourable indications—the absence from the Comitieutionef. Colombia of tiny exclusion of toleration ; the penional character of Bolivar, in favour of all liberality.; the personal character of some of those who administer the govern ment in his absence, and the sympathy of' the people of Colombia with that liberality, as proved : by the paesage,.quoted, it is , (life licult not te,eee that it printa facie core ie established to justify considerable surprise at the result of this Treaty. This was more remarkable when the precedent of Buenos Ayres was re. meinbered. ~There he found iii die TroatyiOth that. Power the mo t ample Toleratioe established, If, therefore, the same nipotentiarles who had been successful in Buenos Ayres had been employed in Bowel', the same results might perhaps have been obtained. He r.un; thatitOJOStruetion could have been wanking on the part oft he Secretary of State fur Foreign Aff a i rs . Ile did . threat,, not wish him to. have interposed in this ne go ci a ti on with any ler, atill less vela chitreality, of war, if the object were not obtained, But e enotigh bad been here said to shew how, le balence- in Colotthia was wavering, and thou g h ho would not have wished the Right Hon. Gentleman to have thrown his sword into it, lie should have thought that the ba. lances aught have been turned by his perk. The time at which this failureetook place adds to the regret which it occasions. It Was just at the tune Whon4ho Pone,:whoseiinfluence in the Trans. Atlantic States had been declining, was endeavouring by his letters to recover that influence there. Those 'more especially Who have contended that the Church of Rome has changed, ought to look with more than ordiorieyregret at this refusal on the part pf Colombia to grant Tolentuoin—a COlnteslloll which miht appear front an un i ny eircumettinces Si, have been attain able. I r the consideration of tins question were to close here, he would b/tYp been content to read the Treaty in silent mord fication ; but it we 3 tint merely the duty of the House to consi der what had been done, and what , rnight have been done, but eleo what remained to be done. There were still four States to be reeognized—Chili, Peru, finatimala, and Hayti; besides Mexico and the lkrazil,, the Treaties with which, thou fit preeress, were not ratified. in these cases, b e trusted- that t h e .tight elenalentleinen would secure for the British sub. jests the benent4 tbak toleretion heti been lust • Colembla. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was sorry his Right Hon. Friend, by whim adeko the Treaty was concluded, was, not present nits he lout no doubt that full information would have been afforded by him why this point had not been prai se d both in Buenos Ayres end Colombia. Although, as lie had Said, the Government might have been even disposed to make tt more liberal concession as to toleration, still itenight not fol low that the populace might not have been still averse to so vio lent an exteneion.of religious privileges.: It• was a matter of congratulation to all :who bad known any thing of the state of' affairs antecedently in dome countries to find that even so much had been gained. Ile could not sit down without remarking, t h a t it was rather singular the Horn Memlier ir w e litz ru spoke p l i n r s i t t should not, in, his anxiety fair introducing ari of. complete Toleretion into Catholic States, 'have turned his thoughte nearer home, and suggested rattier than retaided ion adoption in a certain Protestant country.---(Hear, and laughter.) Mr. DIVI'NO, its a Member of the Committ e e o f Fmeign Trade, felt himself called on to assure the House that mallow bad beets neglected en t h e , part of the Committee to secure a just reciprocity of advantages to England in site Treaty heron! the House; nor could he believe dint the stone ohject had for a moment escaped the obeervation Of that part of his Mitjesty's Ministers, to Whose province those commervod arrengetnehts in strictnetei bC10112,10. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. • Mr. lir:hums: presented the Miscellaneous -Estiniates for the year 1112(, which were ordered to be printed.--• Adjourned tit Six o'Clock. By u Return presented to - the Hou So Of Corn. mons, it appears that the total number of acres under hop cultivation in' Great Britain, last year, Was 46,718. Of this amount, 12,244 beloriged to the Itoi;l►ester collection ; 7,940 to the CO.; terbury ; and .P 2,083 to the Hereford collection. The total duty collected W as 4 2 ,2901. The Ot.YmPtc THEATRE is announced for Public Sale on Monday nexti much competition in. the Theatrical World is expected. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile, dated Tuesday.) TAGANROG, JAN. H.—Yesterday the funeral procession which islet convey the mortal remains gtthe Emperor ALEX_ ANDER to Saint Petersburgh, left this town. After Divine Service, which was performed by the Bishop of Ekaterinnos law, it set out from the church at eight in the Nirtg.— The procession was lett by the Deputies of Taganrog, ltoste,‘ ! and Muliosopol ; they 'Wit: . followed by the authorities of the place, &c. Sec.; six 'Generals, bearing on velvet cushions the insignia, of the 'Russian Orders, preceded the; hearse, about which were eight of the late Emperor's Aids.de camp, who had 'come front Saint Petersborough to perform this last sad duty. The hearse wus followed by the Aids— tle-camp,General and the persons uttacheV to the Court of the Empress, wearing black cloaks ; two squadrons of Cossacks, with the lances lowered, closed the rear. It wati net possible to see withoutemotion the affliction of the old soldiers, who are but little accustomed to pay to death the tribute of a tear. Never was a religious ceremony more public, or more august. It did not seem to be'the funeral pomp attendant on the sad remains of a powerful monarch, but a numerous family, following with affliction and tears the obsequies of a beloved father. ; The population of Taganrog, augmented by that of the envi. tons, lined the street through which the funeral passed. The town, which was the last that had the happiness of possessing within its wallsim adored Monarch, must doubly feel the misfor tune of having lost him. 'While the Emperor was among us he looked with kindnesS on all who approached him, and often he even Walt up to persons 'who did not venture to accost lihn. 1:10, visited twery place ; no want was unknown to him ; no misfortune without consolation. Accordingly,. on Seeing the funeral p,es, through the attrue struts where the presence of the Emperor had so lately (Utilised happiness and joy, sincere tears were given to the memory of a master wluist benetitti will be, eternally, engraven on our hearts. A great many persons of all classes went to a r great distance on the road. to St. Peters. burgh, and a great crowd tollowed to the first stage, 20 werats (thirteen miles) front the town., Count Orloff Denisoif, Aid-de -Camp General, conducted the funeral to Petersburgh, accompanied by ten of his Majesty's Aids-deleaMP. We are happy to say that the health of her Majesty the Empress has rqsted the cruel trials to %vltich,she has lately been exposed. All those who have witnessed this great and striking example of resignation and love, have been profoundly affected by it. jiler Majesty has not quitted her apartment, except to go to church. Religion alone affords her consolation. The Countess of '.t.ronganolf, who came to Taganrog *tie dia.tely after the news of the Emperor's death had reached St. Petersburg,' is still here. ST. V.E.TERSBURon, FEB. 4.--The public has not forgot. ten the noble support unanimously voted by the merchants of this city to the School of Cornmerce.. Iler Majesty the Em, press Mother, the patroness of this establishment, has deigned to approVe the sentiments 'of the Merchants, and to give the Most flattering proofs ofiti by a rescript addressed to the School of COMmcrce, and by a gold medal engraved by har Majesty herself, in 18141, and sent to :11. Koustaff, the Mayor of this city. In .s meeting on the lflth of .TanuarY, the merchants, iti:ttirreeeiying with profound rcspect this proof of her. Majesty's fitiptir, and the medal which is to perpetuate the memory of resolved 7.l . O7,*o . roterye 01I;t int,3±.:l3l:)hle prescut in the Hall of the Guild of Merchants, in which it , 5 111 he placed, with a suitable inseription,near the portrait of tpo,Etnperar ;' and 2. Ti) commission the Mayor to go in per, tion with a i Depotation of the Merchants, to, lay at her jtisty's feet the homage of their respectful and lively , gratittide. ThP , Mayor and the DOntation were accordingly presented.th her Majesty on the 20th, by his Excellency Senator polotiltoff, Director of the School of ComMerce. • 11 ►:sr,TIT PT. To 111:jor-Genentl Orloff; Aide-de-CO?p.General , , Corurnander of the Iter,inlent of lione.6unnts. " As a testimony of our regard. for the qualities which dis tinguish you, and as an aclinowledgment fur your excellent conduct on the 26th, when following the impulse of your zeal, you rendered an equally important service to ..the throne and to • the country; we have concerted 'on yourself personally and on your posterity, the title of Coma of.the Russian Empire. , tt Vir c i hi l ve rile day ordered thu Directing Senate, .to pre. sent toms for our sii,,rnature, the letters patent, required for the title'of Count, which it will not fail to transmit to. you accord ingly. • Nglied) " N IMOLA S." P uwns:—P Anis,. FEB. 20.—Xive per Cents. 90f. 40c.—Tliree per Cents. Or. 20e.-L—Bank Stock, 1,11i15f.- Itente de Naples ) ! 71f. 76e.— . .:RoyaloSnani s h Le an , change on Lpridon, one month s .251. 14c. ; three l - nonths . 11f. 30c.—( C0,11'.7 A u Omit ig rir,) AMNRICAN PAPERS, PVTP.ltalltraolt, U. S. JAN. 27,—(C)TTON).—But. little owning in.fiales were made yesterday, at.l2a to 13 cents. Cot. ton:was quoted at the latest dates nt Buntsville, 8 to 9 cents.' ; ttt Augusta, 10,3 to 1240 Newt Orleans, 11 to 15.- In the stores at Augusta and' Ilanthurgh, '13,000 bales. The river too low to permit navigation. AnKaNsits....-Post of Arkansas, Dec. 2, 1025.—" Our little town is all in bustle. Cotton, the great staple of, our country, is crowding in from every quarter. Boats ar rive every day at our lauding, with the rich production of the climate. Our enterprising `merchant, 111 r. Notrebe., gives the Orleans price for cotton, in cash. Ile . appears - to do so with out any apprehension of loss ' n the artiCle. Our streets, are with teauis laden with Cotton, ,and others returning to the. »eghbouring settlements,', with seed for the ensuing ,year: The citizens of the country arc much indebted to Mr: Notrebe, who, having a large capital and extensive commercial rehttions, can withhoid Ids cotton in storitge Or at year or two, doting which space there is generally an advantageous change in the market, thereby enabling hint to sustain the price of the nrtic le. Ily this means our I')lLtuterts, who arc Imi big now de serving of the mune, having a certainty of a fair price, are en couraged to 143 . 49:re in the cotton planting. The lowland crops hare yielded ; rentarliably wail this scaSON but the upland cotton is indifferent, owing, no doubt, to the excessive drought witieh.generally prevailed- in the itstritory during: the growing months. • A 'V Train's •r(y Btag Cit;ittl.EsToN.—The elia!leston Courier of thel 7 thinstanteontains:the thiloiing postscript tt Twouttemptsvere made to fire the city last evening. The first occurred. -about .half-past o'elecki on the premises of 11.1 r.. Martin,' Diadtbird-alley---Cornbustibles had been placed Under the p:piry 'ailjohiim the bowie, and a large hole Was burnt before it was discover 4. A 'man was seen to rim from the spot at the very moment that the fire was discovered. The se(.'enti attempt Avaslrtade about half-past nine o'clock, in it Stable in the rear fif the house occupied by Thomas,' in Society,street, a few doors Only from the scene of conflagration of the preceding night. In this instance, also, one or two Men ' are said to have been observed leaving the premises at the in stant the fire was discovered. These attempts, and a bright light which was observed in the course of the evening, arising, as was reported,' from the burning of woods in the vicinity of t he Neck, kept the citizens in such a state of excitement and alarm, that great numbers of them continued patrolling the cit greatest part of the nig " th. l a t any i klvertizer ins N'llowing‘' rN dilly Pplij , iNk:—" l's okonsi .got qdit , e lsttiNt 41k4 tranquil and liberal as niver eit a..,1..0n a Bill 'before the? Assembly to extend to the AmeriCans certain privileges, Mr. :Hopi' nindi'an animated speech ; but in answer to it, one of the IVembers, Mr. Jonas Jones said, 4 Mr. Rolph's language is feul, infamous, and scandalous; he (Mr. Eolith) has a vile and democratic heart, and ought to be sent out of the country.' " A letter from New York says, " One of the best results of the late earthquake report, has been to m a ke many -riany persons ac quainted with the inside of churches, of Which they might otherwise haue died in total ignorance." The Vermont Journal states, that eight hundred tons of cop peras have been manufactured in the mines in Stafford the past year, yielding a net profit of 25,000 dollars. - • ' . _ A serious affray, says the Malone F, anklin County Tele. graph, took place a few days ago, between the St. Regis Indians and the inhabitants at Hogantburgh. We have not learned the particulars of the affair ; but understood it • Originated in a tres pass on their lands. (Prom the Alhanp Argus of Jan. 23.) • TUE NEW STATE •PitisclikG—The Report of the Commis sioners was submittA to the Assembly on Saturday. It is accompanied by minute statements of the progress of the ' prison, and estimates- of the• expellee. •-• The site, on the margin of the Hudson ' in Westchester county, 33, miles north of New York, contains 130 acres, of which about 100 is marble rock, af .fording a - ma - sr - of good' 'stone; which may be • wrought - into any required form for -building, .and will. give. to any num ber of the convicts, for any indefinite: length of time, a profit-. able and healthful , employment. • Tire site :Was - purchased. for 20,156 dollars 50 cents, :and the work was commenced on the 14th of May last, by 100 convicts from the Auburn prison, to which 10 were afterwards added from N. Y., a nd this number has been diminished by death, &c. (but not from desertion) to .107. During the subsequent period, the south and- Aide walls of the prison have been built , to • the length of 110 feet and to the height, of , two stories, or two tiers of cells, and sixty cells have. been completed. The expenditures, for. building,including transportation of prisoners, provisions, ma terials, and all expetiCeS, to . the 31st Dec.; amounted to 10,153 dollars;. of these there were on hand no that day, „provisionty tools, materials, &0., to the amount of 6,81104. 85c. For the year commencing sth December; Mr. E. Wilson has engaged to supply the rations for the 'prisoners 'at 8i cents. The site has been found in all reipects favourable; . not only in supplying the Materials for building the prison, ,hut. In furnishing the !Helms of future employment for the convicts. Indeed, the corninimioners"express the opinion' that it IS.probably the only one combining these advantsges to so great an extent. As the rise of the prison .at New York ethild - not be' dispensed with, until the new prison should be completed, ithas not been offered for sale in other way than by a general notice , thatit would be sold whenever 100,000 dollars should be offered for It. MONTREAL AZ wer E-EXTRA. PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT OP LOWE R CANADA. I LEGISLATIVE CQUNCIL QUEBEC, JAN. 21. This day at three o'clock his Excellency the Govertior in Chief came down in state to the Legislative Council Chamber,. and being seated on the Throne, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod was sent down to the House of Assembly to com mand their attendance before his Excellency, and that House being come up, his Excellency opened the Session with the following-Speech : " tiendemen of the Legislative Connell, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, "The Provincial'' Parliament has seldom met under 'Cireutn.: stances more interesting to the country at large, or when con tentment and happiness more generally prevailed in all parts of it : 44 We see a petiple gratefel for the blessings which Provi dence has poured upon, them, and sensible of the many ad. vantages they enjoy under .their laws. Pettit in te,t, at the same time be, evident to ue all, that the rapidly impreving state of this Province calls for new measures calculated to give cacao. ragernent where a disposition to industry and enterprise is so manifest and so general. " It becomes tuy, duty, therefore, to cell your attention to these as principal subjects for your inquiries in this Session. They are more peculiarly important at this.titno„when the, N I , perial Parliament flits made so great i change in the Coe:incr. eial Policy of the; State, .by opening to the titanic% tin 'almost unlimited participation in all the advantages of trade hitherto reserved for the :AlotheriCountry. " In affairs of such immediate ar,rl deep consequence to the Province, I shalt hope to reeeive that support and assistance :lell 01. ' 1 '1 1 c l i t i ry r e ' lt i a 1 4 1 re fe . i l l y c c! w l a n y C s' t ß e i s l d u l i t Y fr W oitt i c a b C t o i r l dial co-operation in the several branches of the Legislature. " fientlenien of the, A ssembly, " I shall cause to be laid before you,the accounts of revenue and expenditure in the last year, with a statement of other in c6iedfeon; e tat c e: p t n e ceiof estimate' that :which) f p . c:r i ra(v t ) 1 16 1 ) : 810) I n c a : : nature in:a i ll i tml f eb w a:ii h s:t i t, e .r l c: t i.t.:l i : l : l lt(tl b liiii) : . fully explatned.—l shall also direct the prober of se titre of the current year. It will give me great, satisfireit:lilioovrtatio, find that the differences Legiidature, on, financial matters, have been 1it . .. 4 . 11y leavitig no difficulty now to prevent the whichliey it my duty to ask in his Majesty port of his governmentln this province,. " (.4:riflemen of the 14stative Council, and flentleinen of the Heim 6f Assembly,' It ie my wish to call your, inunetliate attention to those :.as of the Imperial Parliament to which I have already allud. cd,' Iti order that a. respectful representation may he niatie oh the subject of any part of them, which, intended for the general ad vantage of the cOlonics, tray be found to affect in at, unfavon. table manner, tlie parti cu l ar interests Of this provluee ; and it will not be surprising' if in a new system comprehending so many, various,' and ercli upposito interests as are those .of the British colonies, some unfuteseett groulitti Of OhjeCtiOtt may be found. - • . '‘ot . the objects more immedi a t e ly, connect e d with the, inter. nal state of the PrOvince, whiCh require your eonisider4tiQn, the !Rost impt,r,ant ere those which relate to the alteration.anti prevemeet of the tt.., stein of juditatture, and to, the adoption of measures teraling to atibrd better security to property. The want of Register Offices has long been felt as a most salons evil. It has el* late become destructive of confidence in the transfer of property ; it must 'operate as a bar to the introduction of capital and to the purchase of land, and is in many ways most hurtful to the jilt provement of the Province. • " tritst you will very seriously consider this evil, and again apply yourselves- to devise 16 proper remedy. It must be obvious that the labours and details of Govern. inent rciptire tio be assisted In proportion to the increase of the popuhttit el, and tn all the new circumstances of a young coun try rapidly rising trout infant powers to those of mature and vigorous strength. It is highly desirable that every country in its most remote - parts should feel , that • the laws can reach the evi l 3, Pasting, Anti afford protection, w her e t h e want o f i t at present,citecks the general improvement. " I have formerly recommended to you, and still do strongly recontmendo t more accurate subdivittion of Rite Province into enunlies, tewnshiPa, and parishes, with a view to distribute the .11amstratespore equally,. to regulars: the militia better, and to inquire into, and if possible assist ; the local interests of each country, alai its minor subdivisions separately. • " I scarcely, need advert f- to • the subject of education in this Province, It has long occupied the:public attention, and has acquired increasing interest by the increusing desire for its .in. 4stnnabie advantages; neither WOUiti I think it necessary to recommend continued support to the long-established institu. Lions of charity, were it not to bring under special consideration a better system for the care of the insane. L'very feeling of humanity prompts us to ciontpicision for these unhappy objects; and yet I regret to say that the systematic and preper treat. went of them with a view to their restoration to society, has not been su ffi c i e n t ly p r ey hied for in this Provin ce . 'lll the course of the session I shall cell your attention to time state of the roads. It is a subject most important to th e provetnent of the country, but requires more detail than can be given on this occasion. • Several of the highest coose(ittence to the good governm ent . o f the hews which expire after thi s S ess i on, th ere are th 4 i ' s ' c l o t :t i t:7y ; I trust they may be renewed and mad e perma nent, rbr temporary lit it e 3 Stir in matters of such a nature can. riot but:i c m description eiTtid where. the exist ence o f C ourts of law of a e doubtful or uncert a i n . es l rni t t i t " I recommend to you, Gendemcn, with great earnestness the general interests of the Province. If.they shall be fostered. by a wise System and a liberal policy, there cannot he a doubt that the progress of public improvement and prosperity will , be areal ) , increased, _atlbrding the 'best and most gratifying proof la the ptiblic expectations and hopes have not been disap.. pointed in the result of your labours in this Session," MASONIC NOTICES FOB. NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. -- - Monday, Feb. 27, LONDON. Nos. 4, 14, 46, 71, 305, 407, 458. Coux y. Nos. 227, 246, 320, 490, 546,0 P, 707. - 28, Lownol.. QS. 346, 235, 349. Cu TRY. S. 38M, 68, 145, 427, ti 4SredrAWArali 1 35 2 , 20. Quar. \TNa)frt . • -•*-• •• • terly Communication. COUNTRY. Nos. 84, 95, 124, 139, 146, 207, 229, 339, 465, 487, 491, 505, 513, 526, 529, 581, 585, 656, 711, 713, 723. Thursday, -2, LONDON. Nos. 61, 277, 325, 409. COUNTRY. Nos. 113, 171, 182, 234, 416, 451, 453, 466, 469, 555, 561, 599, 627. 3, LoNnoti• No. 210. COUNTRY. Nos. 13, 28, 30, 55, 56, 470, 538. --4, lioNDON• N 0.173. COUNTRY. • Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, • • PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE' or COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. I. Mr. Hurn&—Papers relating to the Mutin7 at Ilarrackvor. 2. Mr. Ellite—To refer to a Select Committee all Petitions -.—. against the importation of Foreign Silks. .3. Mr. tioulb'urnßill to consolidate and amend the !Aiwa which relate to Prisons in Ireland. • . 4. Mr. (joulburn-13i11 to amend the Law relating to Lunatic Asylums in Ireland. •. ' , • . • . ORDERS OF THE : my FOR THIS DAY. 9 • ~ 1. Dallas's Estate Bill—Report. . 2. South American Treaties Bill—Committee. 3. Transfer of Aids Bill—Third reading. 4. Ei:cliequer Bills (10,000,0001.) Bill—Third reading.. 5. NVest Italia Clergy Retiring Allowances Bill—Third reading. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS BAck SLOCit ...... 204 A 3i 6 3 per. Cent. lied. 3 per Cent. Cons.... 7 6 il 7 1i 3i per Cent BO Ditto lied. 4 per tent, New ... 95 44 51 13an!cLong Ann. India Stock Ditto Bonds South Sea stock Y AT ONE O'CLOCK. Old Annuities -- New Ditto Ex. Bills 10001. 14d. I dis pat Ditto 5001. 10. 1 pni• pa r Ditto Small lid. 1 dis. 1 pm` Ditto Advertised -- Bank for Acct. Indio for Acct. ......... "0, Cons. for Acct.... 76i PitICLS UV FORVIGN Fl Amitrian Bds, 5 per cent.— Brazilian Bcis 1825 -- Scrip Buenos A yres lids Ilds, 6 per cent — Colombian lids Do. 1824 Dunn;ll, 6 per cent. Do. 1825 Greek lids — Do. 1825 Guatirnala — Alexictui Ilds — Do. 1825 . ...' 57 i i 871 8 PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. rer Share. A nglo-Mexican Mining Company Anglu-Chilian Alining Company 9.1 19 British Iron Company Ilaytian , ing Company . ............................. ... Now United .11exican Mining Company ............... . 4 ! Birmingham and Liverpool Railway 24 I , General Steam Navigation Company '• FOREIGN MAILS. • Ann' vEu. Dur• Guernsey nut' Jersey - 0 1 'tiottenburgh . 0 1 11torthurgh - 1 1 France 0 111(111 WATER AT LON . DON !MIDGE . i'O:MORROW.• Morning, 31-Minutes after 3. J Eve n in g , 48 m i nutes A fter p• THE SUN. 8 0 al CILTIS - DICXIth.; rAitsum v a ung,ii • LONDON, ,836. 2 1 11C.P.MAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, - A Calcutta Gbvernment Gazette of the Ist °` Sept. last, contains the following conintunicati°3 from Chittagong " CiIITTAGONG, AUG. 23.--Report, via Array cap:, fr)in Prorne, speaka of a brilliant V ict°l having been ga i ne d by our brave troops unde r Sir A itCiIIIIA.LI) CAMPBELL. The European s s u f.. feued a hood deal, but the slaughteriinong the ? :, enerny was immense. The Burtnahs completgli dispersed. - Not a word of the above intelligence ~ has hitherto reached Government, either 1 0 211. : officiator iirivate shape." cousli'lltlreyst- is ate of the becoiniig 7d e a r i c ly an in tia interests o l roaiarnin: ' , ,f pressure also increases in every, direction, and ot:' attempt will be made by Government to re' Of the wisdom of this decision , Communicated yesterday to the Line:lstate Deputation by . the Earl of LIVERPOOL, we shal t not express an opinion ; at the same time it w ill be seen, that it leaves the first commercial rests of the Country in a hopeless condition. 0" consolation, in the midst of this grievance, is, th 3t the longer the evil hour was delayed, the nijr ° Severe, it would be when it did arrive ; and however palliatives might be applied. ta - - assuage the malady for the present, Ito Pe r " mat* relief could be afforded.. ma st then go on and suffer. Arrived at thii.cenlic tion the Ministers, Parliament, and Nation will have time to seek for the great cause of all the distress, to look their difficulties in the face, 41 1 " 1 having ascertained their extent, to set abo ut ' with heart and hand,to overcome them. 11°. desperate soever the national affairs may be) still e t w r vo i c o ui t il i d s y m rat. that cure is honestly set. about. - cure, c i i r meet be so bad, .but. they will admit of " seen, they would not be math! in vain; and e b t e is :t r l e m a t di e ly xtin m e a t de a , nm i l ; g i be s ore portion of that immense debt whiPh move it. NDS AT ONE o'cLocs. 4 ! Mexican Scrip . . ......... ... . Neapolitan, 11324 ............ Neapolitan Scrip ............ Peruvian Bonds . ........ 33 5 Do' Scrip . .... ... . . ...... Portuguese Bonds ......... ' Prussian, 5 per cent. ...... .„ Ditto New .................. I Russian, New, 5 p. j Spanish 1821, sp. c. ....... . - ---- 1823 .................. French Rentes, sp. c. — c" Exchange —c ' ......... —c• Exchange ... --f.